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ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE DU XIXe SIÈCLE, SUIVEUR DE JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD
Le Souvenir
huile sur panneau, ovale
44,2 x 35,5 cm (17716 x 13316 in.)
Provenance
Collection particulière.
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FRENCH SCHOOL 19th CENTURY, FOLLOWER OF JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD, LE SOUVENIR, OIL ON PANEL, OVAL

This is a copy of Le Souvenir by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) in the Wallace Collection in London, which is smaller in format than the present composition (inv. no. P382).In his monograph on the artist, Jean-Pierre Cuzin mentions the existence of another version on panel (similar in size to the painting in the Wallace Collection), which he does not rule out as actually being that in the Wallace Collection (J.-P. Cuzin, Fragonard, Life and Work, New York, 1988, L5, p. 341). An engraving by Nicolas Delaunay (1739-1792) popularised this composition, which was often copied in the Nineteenth Century.
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Il s'agit d'une reprise d'après Le Souvenir de Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) conservé à la Wallace Collection à Londres et de plus petit format que la présente composition (no. inv. P382).
Jean-Pierre Cuzin signale dans sa monographie l'existence d'une autre version sur panneau (de dimensions voisines de celles du tableau de la Wallace Collection), qu'il n'exclut pas être la même peinture que celle conservée à la Wallace Collection (J.-P. Cuzin, Fragonard, Life and Work, New York, 1988, L5, p. 341).

Une gravure par Nicolas Delaunay (1739-1792) avait popularisé cette composition souvent reprise au cours du XIXe siècle.

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